Angus King (I-ME)
Build American Efficiency Act
A bill from an independent · See all 3 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill is called the Build American Efficiency Act. It focuses on how the Department of Housing and Urban Development handles paperwork related to the Build America, Buy America Act. Specifically, it allows the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to treat paperwork made under a specific standard as enough evidence for domestic content certification. This standard is the Make It American Process Standard. The bill also says that using this specific standard is not required. People getting financial assistance can still use other methods permitted by law to prove they meet domestic content rules.
Yes
- Scored +3
Does this make it easier to run a small business?
The bill simplifies compliance documentation processes for HUD financial assistance, potentially easing administrative burdens for businesses.
- Scored +2
Would business owners be better off under this?
Business owners applying for HUD financial assistance benefit from streamlined and flexible documentation options for domestic content certification.
- Scored +2
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill provides clear evidentiary standards and pathways for documenting domestic content compliance under the Build America, Buy America Act.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Section 2(a): This section lets the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development accept documentation from the Make It American Process Standard as enough evidence to show compliance with domestic content requirements. This could make the paperwork process clearer and simpler for people dealing with financial assistance from the department.
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Section 2(b): This provision explicitly states that people do not have to use the Make It American Process Standard. It is a positive because it gives funding recipients the freedom to use other methods that are allowed by law to prove their domestic content compliance.
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Section 2(c): The Secretary is given the option to treat documentation from similar standards as valid, provided those standards offer an auditable and verifiable process. This gives the agency flexibility to accept other reliable methods that make sense for the people.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Section 2(a): The provided text does not mention any specific negative consequences or burdens for individuals or groups resulting from this section.
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Section 2(b): The provided text does not mention any specific negative consequences or burdens for individuals or groups resulting from this section.
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Section 2(c): The provided text does not mention any specific negative consequences or burdens for individuals or groups resulting from this section.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this make it easier to run a small business? — The bill simplifies compliance documentation processes for HUD financial assistance, potentially easing administrative burdens for businesses.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would business owners be better off under this? — Business owners applying for HUD financial assistance benefit from streamlined and flexible documentation options for domestic content certification.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill provides clear evidentiary standards and pathways for documenting domestic content compliance under the Build America, Buy America Act.
- 9/30/2026
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- 3 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
John CurtisRepublican · Utah
Lisa MurkowskiRepublican · Alaska
Peter WelchDemocrat · Vermont